Figure 7.

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Top 10 Occupations Requiring a Bachelor's Degree
Local Area II

Elementary School Teachers, except Special Ed 147

Architects, except Landscape & Naval 58
Middle School Teachers, except Special & Voca-
41
tional Ed
Sales Managers 37
Secondary School Teachers, except Special &
112
Vocational Ed
General & Operations Managers 42
Social & Community Service Managers 51
Preschool Teachers, except Special Ed 45
Wholesale & Retail Buyers, except Farm
38
Products
Registered Nurses 37

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Number of Job Vacancies

Column F Column I Column H Column J

Requires Bachelor's
All Job Vacancies Number of Vacancies
Degree
Occupational Title
(in order by Percent of Vacancies Total Average Average Education
Requires With Other
Requiring Bachelor's Degree) Number Minimum Maximum Number of Percent of Requirement
HS, GED Education
of Wage Wage Vacancies Vacancies Not
or Less Requirements
Vacancies Offer Offer Provided
Elementary School Teachers, except Special
147 $32,216.84 $36,193.49 *A
147 100% 0 0 0
Ed

Architects, except Landscape & Naval 58 $17.79 $21.63 58 100% 0 0 0

Middle School Teachers, except Special &

41 $31,348.34 $39,281.98 *A
41 100% 0 0 0
Vocational Ed

Sales Managers 37 $24.04 $25.96 37 100% 0 0 0

Secondary School Teachers, except Special &

113 $31,395.97 $34,817.75 *A
112 99% 0 1 0
Vocational Ed

General & Operations Managers 43 $21.20 $22.93 42 98% 0 0 1

Social & Community Service Managers 72 $12.49 $13.31 51 71% 0 0 21

Preschool Teachers, except Special Ed 64 $18,477.28 $22,927.53 *A

45 70% 14 5 0

Wholesale & Retail Buyers, except Farm

66 $21.63 $21.63 38 58% 28 0 0
Products

Registered Nurses 245 $19.46 $29.20 37 15% 0 125 83

Source: Kansas Department of Labor, Labor Market Information Services. Second Quarter 2007 Job Vacancy Survey.
*A
This occupation has been identified as an occupation where the standard work-year varies, therefore the starting wage offer is reported as an annual wage.